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Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Emir of Kuwait from 2020 to 2023 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح, romanized: Nawwāf al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 until his death in 2023.
Quick Facts Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح, Emir of Kuwait ...
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح | |
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Emir of Kuwait | |
Reign | 29 September 2020 – 16 December 2023 |
Predecessor | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber |
Successor | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber |
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Born | (1937-06-25)25 June 1937 Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait |
Died | 16 December 2023(2023-12-16) (aged 86) Al-Siddiq, Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait |
Burial | 17 December 2023 |
Spouse | Sharifa Sulaiman Al-Jassim |
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Arabic | نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح |
House | Sabah |
Father | Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Mother | Yamama |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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He was minister of interior (1978–1988, 2003–2006), minister of defense (1988–1991) and deputy prime minister (2020–2023). Nawaf was nominated as crown prince on 7 February 2006, during the reign of his half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During his three-year rule as emir, he grappled with internal political disputes.[1]